ArticleMedical care2025
Loneliness and Risk of 30-Day Hospital Readmission After Acute Myocardial Infarction.
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- Social Isolation and Loneliness Among U.S. Adults With Self-Reported Hospitalization.American journal of preventive medicine · 2026Article
- The prevalence and influence of self-reported loneliness in the older with community-acquired pneumonia: a multi-center cohort study.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundPoor social health is linked to incident cardiovascular disease, but less is known about how loneliness affects health care utilization after an acute myocardial infarction (AMI).
objectiveDetermine the association between loneliness and 30-day emergency department (ED) visit or readmission after AMI hospitalization. RESEARCH
designThe REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study is a national prospective cohort of 30,239 U.S. adults aged 45 years or older. MEASURES: We examined the association between loneliness and 30-day post-AMI ED visit or readmission. SUBJECTS: Seven hundred forty-nine Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries in REGARDS were discharged alive after an adjudicated AMI.
resultsThe mean age was 77 years. Twenty-eight percent self-identified as non-Hispanic Black and 39% as women. Twenty percent reported loneliness. Twenty-nine percent had a 30-day ED visit or readmission. Lonely individuals had 61% increased risk of 30-day ED visit or readmission (RR: 1.61; 95% CI: 1.27-2.04; P <0.001), which remained significant after adjustment for sociodemographic and clinical factors (aRR: 1.48; 95% CI: 1.12-1.95; P =0.006). Stratified analyses demonstrated significant association for those aged 65-74 (aRR 2.48; 95% CI, 1.57-3.91; P <0.001), White adults (aRR: 1.86; 95% CI: 1.35-2.58; P <0.001), and men (aRR: 2.19; 95% CI: 1.59-3.01; P <0.001) but not for those 75+ (aRR: 0.94; 95% CI: 0.63-1.40; P =0.75), Black adults (aRR: 0.89; 95% CI: 0.53-1.49; P =0.660), or women (aRR: 0.81; 95% CI: 0.51-1.30; P =0.380).
conclusionsLoneliness, even measured years before AMI, was associated with an increased risk of 30-day ED visit or readmission, specifically for those aged 65-74, White participants, and men. These findings may inform discharge strategies to reduce readmissions.
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